The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-26
Local and General.

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Lots of strangers i'm town this week.
Look out Tor immense crops this
year.
Say, is a blind man good judgesOf
beauty?
The roads are getting in fair condi-
ton for travel
What's the dlfferenc if you are ugly
if you're happy?.
The ditch must be built Lebanon
needs il i'm her business.
"Competition Is the life Of trade. F"
Lebanon is just booming.
Mrs. G. IL. Harmon is visiting rela-
tives and friends, i'm Portland.
NJ. +. Hearn is having neat stable
built, on his lot near the depot.
Charley Montague Is very sick with
an attack of acute rheumatism.
Rev. Mead win preach at smiths
school house, next Sabbath at II \. NJ.
Correspondence from all localities re-
spectifully solicited. Let us hear from
You, readers.
A young man named Clark was mis-
took for deer and shot. recently on
the Alsea hay. BE careful.
G.. W. Smith, Esq, visited the coun-
ty seat during this week. He reports
everything quiet down there.
Mrs l.. f. Blain' and Mrs. Walter
Monteith of Albany, visited Lebanon
relatives, and friends this week.
William NJ. Turney, of Jacksonville,
at one time editor of Sentinel and an
able writer, died ON the 9th inst.
Mowery Bros. have sold their farm
near Sweet Home, to Mr. Griffith.
The boys have gone to The Dalles.
4 very large immigration is being
watched for on the Pacific Coast the
coming summer. Lebanon will get her
share.
w Miss Florence Ballard exhibits a fine
painting of Mt. Hood at Andrews x
Hackleman's store. IL evinces marked
artistic ability
Revs Wooley and Starr will fill their
respective pulpits, morning and even
ing at the G. p. church and Academy
tomorrow (Sunday.l
Our attention was directed n few DAYS
since to some paintings executed by Miss
Ida Montague. which speaks well for
her n an artist.
Rev Mr.. Hanna, Of Corvallis, win
preach, this Saturday evening, and
Sunday, morning and evening at the
PRESBYTERIAN church
MS Is the SEASON ei Inte wear WHICH
the small boy maketh arrangements to
Eo-a-fiShin' on sunday, and bawleth
viciously when his daddy" says-No f!
XSome idea of the business done i'm Ieb-
anon NAV be had from the fact that 19,-
240 pounds of way freight. principally
merchandise, came in on Tuesday night
trim.
The Oregonian railway 14imitedl
will on the 29th of this month, put on
n mail train. The little road viii then
make good schedule time. Time card
i'm due time.
By reference to another column, it
will be seen that NJ f. Hearn l. pre-
pared to furnish customers with all
kinds of fresh fish, twice a week, We'd
nesdays and Saturdays.
T On Tuesday last w. c. Peterson re
ceived from Chicago a fine lot ofappar-
atus and tools of the latest designs i'm
the jewelry line. Walt. keeps up with
the trade in every particular.
Now, that DIR. Will Jackson has
bought the jacksonville Sentinel, the
republicans of Southern Oregon will
have an organ they can rely on. Doc,
we wish you abundant success.
Max Friendly, of Corvallis, intends
TO start big drive Of logs down the
die of next month. 1t will furnish em-
ployment to a large number of men.
Detectives now claim that they have
reliable information that Willis Skiff
the merchant of Union, who mysteri-
ously disappeared last fall, was not
murdered, but skipped on account of
his d. bts.
We are sorry to learn that Mr.. VIM.
Werth, our efficient butcher, finds il
necessary on account of i'll health, to
sell out his business at this place. An
<'adn to this effect appears in another
column.
Hon. Samuel Owens and wife, OF
Lincoln Nebraska, after spending the
winter in san Francisco, arrived here
"Wednesday night and will be guests of
Mrs. DIR. Ballard for a few days pre-
Sious to their yeturn east.
1t is understood that the resignation
of Dr. Josephi as superintendent of the
Oregon Insane Asylum has ieen ten
dered to the hoard of commissioners e
take effect July lst, and that it Will bC
accepted upon the conditions named.
Mr.. t. s. Pillsbury the enterprising
jeweler of Brownsville, certainly de
serves the kind regards of the people OF
that town for his efforts in making THF
EXPRESS a alwelcone visitor to them
As a local reporter, he has few supe
riors.
Geo Rowell, hotel proprietor of Sweet
Home, was in Lebanon Tuesday He
informs us that he will in connection
with his hotel, keep a general variety
store, where the travelling public car
be accommodated with anything they
may desire.
Mr.. /. f. Conn, contractor and build
er, returned to Lebanon from Albany
Wednesday. He has number of con.
tracts on hand which, we presume viii
soon be commenced. We expect to see
several fine buildings, put up in Leba.
non this summer.
J. A Beard, druggist, who visited
jefferson during last week reports crops
looking well in that part of the coun
try and everybody busy putting in tn,
Spring grain. The same may be sale
of the farmers of this vicinity, and il
fact, all over the valley.
The bleached bones of a 10-year-olt
child were found near Canyon City tn
other day. \ plausible theory advanc